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Show 286 TU t; LIDEHTY ll.EU.. idolized, of reputations once omnipotent. Super· stition, Despotic Power, more potent Poetry, Popular Acclamation, have all been interposed between tho Avenger and their Idols, in vnin. 'Vhat he spares ancl seals, survives. It is he that is the true Fountain of Honor,- tho real Source of Fame. At his command monarchs bow, and give proccdcncc to their subjects. Ferdinand and Isabella arc scarcely seen in the august presence of Columbus, and only as his servants and train-bearers. Elizabeth is but the handmaid of Shakspeure's Royalty. Milton sends Charles the Second anew into exile, and eclipses the glory of even Oliver himself. G-eorge, of tho Name the Third, sneaks out of sight before the sublime shadows of Howard and of Clarkson. So ephemeral arc tho distinctions made by men, and so otcrnnl those made by Genius and Goodness. 'fhey who enlighten and bless mankind take their place "Among th' enthroned gods on sainted scntg;" FETIC III ~BI. 28i while . the id oI a ma d e by Kings or .1\Iobs in their own Image, to typify their vices or their crimes totter and . fall by the weight of tl 1e1. r own ' weak~ ness, shamuwo their worsl u.p pers, and are ground into dust by tho hastening feel of tl u.e k --com.m g generation~. |